Obverse

Half-length depiction of the Virgin carrying Christ on her right arm (Dexiokratousa). The child, unusually large, is seen in profile placing a hand on the lower part of the Virgin’s neck. Sigla at left and right: μ̣̅ρ̅Θ̅Υ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines preceded by three horizontal decorative elements, the middle one above the nomen sacrum. There is a line of decoration following the inscription, likely a pellet between two horizontal bars. Indeterminate border.

Obverse

Half-length depiction of the Virgin carrying Christ on her right arm (Dexiokratousa). The child, unusually large, is seen in profile placing a hand on the lower part of the Virgin’s neck. Sigla at left and right: μ̣̅ρ̅Θ̅Υ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines preceded by three horizontal decorative elements, the middle one above the nomen sacrum. There is a line of decoration following the inscription, likely a pellet between two horizontal bars. Indeterminate border.

Although the matter is uncertain, this group may belong to the same Niketas Anzas attested by two other groups of seals, which he used as a spatharokandidatos (BZS.1947.2.1008 and Koltsida-Makre, Συλλογής Ορφανίδη-Νικολαΐδη, no. 215; and BZS.1951.31.5.1408 and Koltsida-Makre, Συλλογής Ορφανίδη-Νικολαΐδη, no. 216). Although the depiction of the Virgin rather than St. Nicholas suggests that the present type could belong to a different Niketas, the predominance of the Virgin on seals after the second quarter of the eleventh century could mean that Niketas changed his seal’s patron.